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Literary revisionism

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    #21
    Originally posted by SueEllen View Post

    What about Edith Blyton?
    I'd read her books when I was bored and snaffled them from my sisters, but frankly I never liked them. Roald Dahl may have been a tulip, but he could write!

    Down with racism. Long live miscegenation!

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      #22
      Originally posted by Paddy View Post
      I think the Bible should be in line for literary revisionism
      good point

      Sodom and Gomorrah need a bit of updating. Of course the betrothal of an underage Mary is suspect. A bit of stoning for various crimes.
      The Torah & Koran need work...
      Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

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        #23
        Originally posted by SueEllen View Post

        What about Edith Blyton?

        She was sexist, racist, xenophobic, nasty to her first husband and more, yet apparently she is the world's most popular children's author.

        Enid's sister?
        Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

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